Spamming scum fire out phishing frighteners By Richard Speed An unusually large wave of phishing emails was spewed out this morning, with recipients warned that all their devices had been…
Tag: WannaCry
Cyber threat is now on everybody’s radar
by Edwin Lampert Just three short years ago the cyber security threat in the maritime industry was largely dismissed. Attitudes varied according to the size of an organisation and type of trade.…
NHS given a lashing for lack of action plan one year since WannaCry
Cyber resiliency of the UK’s health service still in disarray By Kat Hall Nearly a year has passed since the unprecedented WannaCry cyber attack and the UK’s NHS has yet…
Ransomware tops malicious attack charts
Ransomware has become the most popular form of malware used in cyber-attacks, suggests a study. Almost 40% of all successful malware-based attacks involved ransomware suggests the annual Verizon data breach…
Hospitals Exposed by Connected Devices
Phil Muncaster At any one time the world’s connected hospitals could be running as many as 80,000 exposed devices, putting hospital operations, data privacy and patient health at risk, according…
Boeing Computers Hit by WannaCry
Phil Muncaster Aerospace giant Boeing was struck with the notorious WannaCry ransomware this week, but initial fears it had infected a production facility have since been dismissed as speculation. Chief…